Shout out to cuttlefish

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Is it just brand awareness and advertising? In my experience Hyundai, Kia, and VW make superior EVs compared to Teslas and they tend to be less expensive for similar models

In the US, road trips of 1,600km aren’t even half way across the country. Charge speeds make a big difference on getting to your destination in a single day.

Another low cost option is a Chevy bolt. They have more range, a more common charger type, and about same charging speeds as leafs

Pre-2026 model Nissan leafs have very slow charging speeds, like 50 kW or less. And they might have an uncommon charging plug (chademo). If you plan to charge only at home or perhaps if your work has a level 2 charger, that could work. But road trips or other instances where you might like a fast charger will be excruciating.

Used Hyundai Kona EVs may be slightly more expensive but max charging rates are around 100kW. Hyundai Ioniq 5s and Kia EV6 or EV9 can charge north of 200kW, but that comes at a much greater cost.

Edit: adding to top level comment that Chevy Bolts are also a low cost option. They have more range, a more common plug, and similar charge speeds as Leafs.

I’m also a fan of used VW ID.4s for a car that balances middle of the pack pricing, >200mi range, and 170kW max charge rate

I’m out of the loop, what happened with Snoop?

Spongebob knew what was up

English ivy is a tough one, but at least getting the vertical growth is a fairly easy to manage. the vertical growth is also more problematic because it is a requirement for producing berries and killing trees

I’ve heard the concern that employers are worried someone with a PhD who is taking a “lesser” job won’t be around all that long and will continue job hunting for something better. For employers with this mindset, I’d like to suggest: 1) it’s not too hard to beat academia wages; 2) find ways to promote within/add responsibility when people prove themselves

They aren’t setting themselves up for success. Every nurse knows you gotta put the harmonic scalpel on top of the cautery. You need dat space

Agreed! I feel like public discourse often forgets these efficiencies when talking about UBI. Include social security and education financial assistance and the numbers really add up.

The COVID-era stimulus checks and PPP “loans” proved its possible to provide a package this large, would just need to offset the spending with increased taxes on the wealthy to make it sustainable long term.

I have monthly recurring donations to several charities, I guess you could count those as subscriptions of a sort:

Subscription to rainforests: Coalition for Rainforest Nations (the operate globally with indigenous and local communities to do everything possible to protect rainforests and reforest areas)

Independent journalism subscription: ProPublica (no paywall investigative news organization that has really hard hitting reporting that holds corporations accountable)

Subscription to science-based political advocacy: Union of Concerned Scientists

Subscription to open information: Wikipedia

Subscriptions to a healthy community: Local food bank, urban green space advocates, and housing support orgs

Smoking is much more harmful than vaping, but vaping is not necessarily healthy either. The higher temperatures from burning plant matter (any plant matter really, nicotine is just super addictive) create most of the carcinogens in smoke. The most abundant carcinogen is Benzo[a]pyrene, which is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs, a.k.a. “tar” in cigarette smoke). PAHs are formed at temperatures above 300 Celsius. And vapes typically operate around 200 Celsius. Vapes still contain carcinogens and nicotine itself harms vascular health, but they have none of the PAHs if operating correctly. The biggest issue with them is the targeting of kids, especially by Juul in the 2010s.

Call your Senators and briefly tell them what you think about this nomination. Say your name, city or ZIP code, and a brief message about your stance. Senate offices do pay attention to how many constituents are calling them on a topic. Democracy doesn’t end at the ballot box.

Totally agree it’s important to engage all levels of government. But only the US Senate has the authority over nominations

Awesome!

Trump doesn’t have that power, he’s pressuring the Senate to do so. Thus calling Senators to stand up to these shenanigans is important.

Have you tried calling their phones? Sure some don’t pick up, but enough do.

I’m in favor of larger structural changes, but I’m not about to roll over and allow fascists to get everything they want in the current system. How many people do you expect to join a revolution if they won’t even be bothered to pick up a phone?

The book does acknowledge and analyze the violent and nonviolent aspects of the resistance movements in the case studies, and how they impacted each other. Thanks for the suggestion on Setting Sites